UPDATE: More images are available for viewing at http://proofs.lawrenceatienza.com/ Click on weddings and then click on their gallery. Make sure you request the password from Jennifer or Jason. Also note that both weddings will have the same password. Enjoy!

Yes, I was blessed to capture J+J’s Chinese dinner wedding celebration. Thank you for allowing me once again to capture your special day.

It was surely not the typical Chinese wedding dinner I’ve attended that is for sure.  The wedding celebration was held at Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.  The dinner was held in the Catalina Ballroom, which was a good size to hold 200 plus guests.

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As I was taking some detail shots inside the ballroom of the tables, I came across the food card with the dishes to be served for the night. I began to salivate. oh yeah.. i know the card looks strange, I removed their last name for privacy sake.

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But before the Wedding dinner and formal portraits of the night, I captured some getting ready images. The image below is of the bride waiting for the finishing touches of the makeup by Beauty by Grace as the slideshow I’ve created played in the background.

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Their hotel room had an amazing view so I couldn’t resist capturing an image of the beautiful bride next to the window.

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Before the Wedding dinner celebration, I was fortunate enough to have the bride and groom for a few minutes for some creative wedding portraits.  The concept of the portraits come from the wedding decorations used at J+J’s wedding celebration on May 1^st held at the Rec Center Studio location in Echo Park.

If you look back at the blog post http://blog.lawrenceatienza.com/2010/05/jj-southern-california-wedding-celebration-part-1-may-01-2010/ you will notice a Chinese takeout box as the centerpiece and fortune cookies hanging from the ends of the chairs along the aisle. So, I wanted to integrate memories from part 1 of their wedding to part 2 of their wedding. I must say, it worked out perfectly since J+J were wearing Chinese attire for the Chinese dinner celebration.

The first image is to set the scene of the conceptual portrait.  The bride is luring the groom to the table with a fortune cookie.

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Once the groom arrived at the table, the bride closed in with a fortune cookie in one hand and her lips inches away from the groom. GAME OVER.. the groom is hooked.

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When the bride leaves for the Chinese dinner celebration, the groom indulges in the fortune cookies.

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The groom looks down and finds a good fortune next to the crumbled fortune cookies.

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The groom and bride then head to the dinner and I’ll let the images tell the story of the dinner.

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I hope you enjoyed the images. I couldn’t have done it without my assistant for the night, Raychelle DeVilla. As this was my first wedding with an assistant, I must say that I will never capture another wedding without one.

Thank you for taking the time to check out my work. You may check out more images from my flash portfolio at http://www.LawrenceAtienza.com.

Make sure you also check out the talented makeup/hairstylist Grace of Beauty by Grace whom is responsible for the bride and bride’s mother hair and makeup.

UPDATE: More images are available for viewing at http://proofs.lawrenceatienza.com/ Click on weddings and then click on their gallery. Make sure you request the password from Jennifer or Jason. Also note that both weddings will have the same password. Enjoy!
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